[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3619-S3620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. VANCE:
       S. 2497. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to convert certain insured State banks into national banks; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2498. A bill to prohibit unfair and deceptive 
     advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of 
     short-term lodging, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Carper, 
             and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2499. A bill to extend the authorization of the Chemical 
     Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department 
     of Homeland Security; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Boozman, 
             Mr. Warnock, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2500. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     adjust the period during which amounts transferred by the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission to the account for 
     customer education initiatives and non-awards expenses shall 
     remain available, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Lujan, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2501. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to 
     promulgate an occupational safety and health standard to 
     protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 2502. A bill to require the Chief Data and Artificial 
     Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense to develop 
     a bug bounty program relating to dual-use foundational 
     artificial intelligence models; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Budd):
       S. 2503. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against 
     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2504. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     streamline applications from farmers to be vendors under 
     certain nutrition programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 2505. A bill to require a report on the effect of the 
     phase-out of the reduction of Survivor Benefit Plan survivor 
     annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Schmitt, 
             Mr. Kelly, Mr. Padilla, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2506. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. King):
       S. 2507. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     ensure equal treatment of buy-protect-sell transactions and 
     certain other transactions under the agricultural 
     conservation easement program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2508. A bill to require a report on Department of 
     Defense security clearance process updates, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2509. A bill to require reporting on sexual assault in 
     surveys; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 2510. A bill to improve supply chain resiliency for 
     critical drug products with vulnerable supply chains and 
     ensure that reserves of critical drugs and active 
     pharmaceutical ingredients are maintained to prevent supply 
     disruptions in the event of drug shortages or public health 
     emergencies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 2511. A bill to expand psychological mental and 
     behavioral health services to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP 
     beneficiaries by permitting reimbursement of psychological 
     services provided by certain supervised psychology trainees, 
     and facilitating the reimbursement of those services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 2512. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for re-enrollment provisions in 
     retirement plans of small employers; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2513. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Romney, 
             and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 2514. A bill to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to 
     salinity control units, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Brown, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Young, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Welch):
       S. 2515. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of 
     employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 2516. A bill to establish the Veterans Advisory 
     Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2517. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     allow for periodic automatic reenrollment under qualified 
     automatic contribution arrangements, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2518. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make investment income of certain foreign governments 
     subject to tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2519. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose an asset test on professional sports leagues 
     qualifying for 501(c)(6) status; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 2520. A bill to require the standardization of 
     reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Hawley, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2521. A bill to promote competition and reduce consumer 
     switching costs in the provision of online communications 
     services; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 2522. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide matching payments for ABLE account contributions 
     by certain individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. 
             Welch):
       S. 2523. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to 
     require certain membership on the Board of Directors of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Padilla):
       S. 2524. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in 
     Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential 
     treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or 
     donors; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Braun):
       S. 2525. A bill to prohibit Federal spending on funding 
     research in China, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2526. A bill to establish the Office of Press Freedom, 
     to create press freedom curriculum at the National Foreign 
     Affairs Training Center, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2527. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of

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     Defense or the Secretary of a military department to enter 
     into cooperative agreements to manage certain recreational 
     resources in California; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2528. A bill to require verification of the financial 
     independence of financial services counselors in the 
     Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2529. A bill to provide support for military families 
     with dependents in the Exceptional Family Member Program; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Kaine, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2530. A bill to address behavioral health and well-being 
     among education professionals and other school staff; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 2531. A bill to improve the communications between 
     social media platforms and law enforcement agencies, to 
     establish the Federal Trade Commission Platform Safety 
     Advisory Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2532. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     submit an annual report on certain out-of-cycle or premature 
     personnel transfers; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2533. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     allow certain military spouses employed by the Department of 
     Defense to telework full time; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S. 2534. A bill to amend the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to 
     reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2535. A bill to prohibit agreements between employers 
     that directly restrict the current or future employment of 
     any employee; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Welch):
       S. 2536. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide training materials for the use of health care 
     professionals to inform their patients about the availability 
     of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 2537. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to improve access to the food distribution program on Indian 
     reservations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 2538. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award grants to regional biocontainment 
     laboratories for maintaining surge capacity for purposes of 
     responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases or acts of 
     bioterrorism; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Hagerty, 
             and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 2539. A bill to clarify that, in awarding funding under 
     title X of the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services may not discriminate against 
     eligible States, individuals, or other entities for refusing 
     to counsel or refer for abortions; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 2540. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to allow for increased flexibility in the food distribution 
     program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 2541. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to 
     require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to conduct 
     research and development on the inclusion of certain oilseed 
     crops in double cropping policies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 2542. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to establish a last acre program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2543. A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act 
     of 2002 to require the National Center for Education 
     Statistics to collect, acquire, compile, and disseminate 
     student attainment in languages other than English, and to 
     require the National Center for Education Research to support 
     research on attainment in languages other than English; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 2544. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve reproductive health care of individuals with 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2545. A bill to require the United States Trade 
     Representative to regularly monitor industrial subsidies 
     provided by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     and submit a report on the risks posed by those subsidies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 2546. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in 
     Patagonia, Arizona, as the ``Jim Kolbe Memorial Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2547. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to bolster 
     fairness and transparency in the consideration of interstate 
     natural gas pipeline permits, to provide for greater public 
     input opportunities in the natural gas pipeline permitting 
     process, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2548. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     establish an Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in 
     the Department of Homeland Security to fund investments in 
     aviation security checkpoint technology, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2549. A bill to name the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, 
     Pennsylvania, as the ``Henry Parham VA Clinic''; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 2550. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow deductions for certain payments relating to 
     defamation suits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 2551. A bill to impose export controls and sanctions to 
     address the security threat posed by the genetic mapping 
     efforts of the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     and other countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 2552. A bill to provide for the independent and 
     objective conduct and supervision of audits and 
     investigations relating to the programs and operations funded 
     with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
     Ukraine for military, economic, and humanitarian aid; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 2553. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to ensure that striking workers and their households do not 
     become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 2554. A bill to establish name, image, and likeness 
     rights for college athletes at institutions of higher 
     education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Marshall, and Mr. Cramer):
       S.J. Res. 38. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway 
     Administration relating to ``Waiver of Buy America 
     Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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